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UX Design

Notoriously difficult to define, User Experience (UX) Design is more than anything else the analytical side of creating a web or mobile User Interface (UI), with the goal of producing websites and mobile apps that work as intended, are easy to use, and users love to interact with.

Here you will find an extensive collection of articles, tips, and recommended tools, written by professional UX Designers, covering all aspects of User Experience Design.

How Flat Design Increases Conversion Rates

How Flat Design Increases Conversion Rates

UX Design

There are many arguments for and against flat design, so in this article I wanted to take a quick look at how flat design can actually affect your bottom line….

Techniques for Responsive Website Advertisements

Techniques for Responsive Website Advertisements

UX Design / Web Design

More users are getting onto smartphones and accessing websites on a daily basis. There are methods for rendering these websites the same as on a desktop, but you lose the…

Designing Websites Using DISC Analysis

Designing Websites Using DISC Analysis

UX Design

I first came across DISC analysis while doing a stint as a ski instructor in Canada last winter (every web designer needs a hobby right?!) and the technique helped me…

Adapting Mobile Web Usability for Ad Content Blockers

Adapting Mobile Web Usability for Ad Content Blockers

UX Design

Advertisements can be a critical source of revenue for content publishers, but increasingly ads are being shown in obnoxious and intrusive ways. And as many users are learning, their privacy…

How to Increase Online Sales with Better Search Usability

How to Increase Online Sales with Better Search Usability

UX Design

If you run an ecommerce store and want more of your visitors actually to buy your products…you’ve arrived at the right place. In this post you’ll discover how to increase…

How to Choose the Right UI Patterns for Your Web Design

How to Choose the Right UI Patterns for Your Web Design

UI Design / UX Design

There are thousands of established patterns, with more and more being created everyday – but not all of them will work for you. In order to narrow down which patterns…

Ignore The Design, Please

Ignore The Design, Please

UX Design

“Hey, I want to show you something I built. Ignore the design please, it is not finished yet.” From school science fair projects to real world product prototypes, if I…

The Essentials of Designing Hotel Reservation Interfaces

The Essentials of Designing Hotel Reservation Interfaces

UX Design

Much like the shopping cart and checkout processes for e-commerce, the room reservation process is a critical part of any hotel’s online presence. Due to the key role it plays,…

How Profile Photos Can Affect the User Experience

How Profile Photos Can Affect the User Experience

UX Design

Social networks have grown into the norm in today’s sophisticated Internet. Modern web pages have become very personalized over the past decade including some user interface features. One such example…

Designing for the 3 Second Rule

Designing for the 3 Second Rule

UX Design

3-5 seconds! Yes that’s all it takes to make a great first impression. I know this sounds like an atrociously low time frame to create an impression, but that’s the…

Exploring Social Design Patterns For the Web

Exploring Social Design Patterns For the Web

UX Design

Although many people are designing mobile products that are social in nature, few understand what that really means, how it works, or why it’s important. While social features are becoming…

The Importance of Navigation Design Patterns

The Importance of Navigation Design Patterns

UX Design
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